Isla Scott

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Isla’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life

Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Octopuses in at least two aquariums have learned to turn off the lights by squirting jets of water at the bulbs when no one is watching, and short-circuiting the power supply.

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“I’m English, and if there’s one thing an English person is more afraid of than making a fuss in public it’s upsetting a Scottish person. It usually ends badly on a battlefield somewhere.”
― Jules Brown, Never Pack an Ice-Axe: Tales From a Travel Writer's Life

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“You need to stop trying to change your body to change your life. Instead, you need to change your life in order to change your body.”
― Greer Hendricks, The Sublet

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“Want,’ she told her, in a measured tone, ‘is an interesting word. It means lack. Sometimes if we fill that lack with something else the original want disappears entirely.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

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“With the cleansing power of this sage, I release all negative energy from this space. May my home be filled with light, love, and positive vibrations. As I walk through this sacred smoke, may my body, mind, and spirit be renewed.”
― Greer Hendricks, The Sublet

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“if a frog is suddenly put into steaming hot water, it will jump out, but if the frog is set in tepid water that is brought to a boil slowly, the frog will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.”
― Greer Hendricks, The Sublet

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